joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
regulation; adjustment; control
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
joints; points (of a speech)
decorum; propriety; politeness
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
unseasonable; out of season
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
moderation; self-restraint; temperance
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
locking technique in judo
loyalty; allegiance; fidelity
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
bar; measure; short pause (in writing); petty principles; minor details
inconstant; unchastity; unprincipled
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
song with lyrics about resentment and a sorrowful tune; resentful complaint
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
unseasonable; out of season
conservation of electricity; brownout
unremitting effort; dogged perseverance; unswerving loyalty
chastity; fidelity; faithfulness; virtue
betrayal; defection; treachery; apostasy
these days; now; recently
in these times; in times likes these; the season being what it is
to sing (chant, speak) with a melody or rhythm; to set to music (verse, lyrics, etc.)
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period
busybody; meddler; nosey parker
changing seasons; season's transition; transition from one season to the next; turn of the seasons; turning of the seasons
in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is
thermoregulation (of the body)
retrenchment; curtailment; economy
focal point; nodal point; node
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
unimportant details; inessentials
phrase; clause; basic linguistic unit in Japanese grammar
fidelity to one's principles
walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference; officiousness
this chapter; this passage; this section
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
knot; nodule; tubercule; node
characteristic way of speaking
each juncture; each turning point
end of the year or season; year end
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
preceding paragraph, section, or verse
to ruin one's reputation in later life; to tarnish one's twilight years
tax reduction; tax avoidance; tax planning
late in life; one's later years
Doll's Festival (March 3); Peach Festival
Lunar New Year; Chinese New Year; Spring Festival
multiple joints; multijoint; articulated
nerve ganglion; nerve knot; ganglion; ganglia
eating lightly (to save money, food, calories, etc.)
Emperor's Birthday (national holiday held from 1868 to 1948)
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
to be moderate of; to save; to curtail
saving water; water conservation; economizing on water
interphalangeal joint; knuckle joint
24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons
segment; arthromere; metamere; somite
jaw joint; temporomandibular joint; TMJ
economical person; thrifty person; saver
occasionally; at times; the season; from time to time
time preservation; saving time
The time has come (for, to, when...); The time being ripe (for)
Empire Day (February 11th; national holiday held from 1872 to 1948)
minor details; nonessentials
joint; reason; sense; logic
well-fed, well-bred; the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite
traditional work song of Hokkaido herring fishery workers, performed by school students in modern choreographed interpretations
to keep one's chastity; to remain faithful to one's spouse; to remain faithful to one's lover
ambassador of goodwill; goodwill envoy; goodwill mission
temporomandibular joint disorder; temporomandibular joint dysfunction; TMD; TMJ
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
(arch.) space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.); a short time
curtailment of expenditure; financial retrenchment
foreign delegation; foreign mission; diplomatic envoy
seasonal laborer; seasonal labourer
gidayū ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater)
type of jōruri (dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen)
control one's desires; abstinence
to sing (chant, speak) with a melody or rhythm; to set to music (verse, lyrics, etc.)
lantern festival, held on the night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar
nunchaku (two linked fighting sticks); nunchak; nunchucks
jiedushi; regional military governor in ancient China
sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen
musical passage or section
traditional festival on Iriomote Island (southern Okinawa)
All Saints' Day; All Hallows' Day
chapters and sections; chapter and verse
the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
temperance; sobriety; moderation in drink
baby's first annual festival
tax-saving measure; tax-reduction strategy
Sulculus diversicolor supertexta (species of abalone or ear shell)
season; time of the year; seasonal festival; seasonal banquet; seasonal feast
baby's first annual festival
space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.)
these days; now; recently
Emperor Meiji's birthday (November 3; national holiday held from 1927 to 1948)
chaste wife; faithful wife
dislocation of the hip; hip dislocation
setting to music; composition
successive teacher; successive master
song with lyrics about resentment and a sorrowful tune; resentful complaint
articular facet; facies articularis
24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons
standard days signifying the changing of the seasons (i.e. setsubun, higan, etc.)
season's tidings; seasonal letter
Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals)
anniversary of founding (of PRC); national celebration time
gonarthrosis; osteoarthritis of the knee
node; nodal point; joint (e.g. in a framework)
economization; economisation
Girls' Festival (March 3); Dolls' Festival
times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel
undulating melodic ornamentation or embellishment, esp. in folk and popular songs; unit of timber measurement
regulator; adjuster; modulator; controller
temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk
lymphadenoma; lymph node enlargement; lymphadenopathy
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
high grade katsuobushi (with mold)
mid-autumn festival (in China and Vietnam)
dried, smoked mackerel; shavings from dried, smoked mackerel
hard to penetrate event or situation
style of Japanese folk song associated with Niigata Prefecture
common and low grade type of katsuobushi; bamboo rod used during imperial exorcism ceremonies
remaining firm; sticking by one's principles; not budging an inch
a Muromachi era Japanese dictionary
Seasonal Affective Disorder; SAD
conservation of resources
joints; points (of a speech)
snoop; meddler; nosey parker; buttinsky; kibbitzer
Shavuot; Feast of Weeks; (Jewish) Pentecost; Pentecost; Whitsunday
seasonal influenza; seasonal flu
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
arthroplasty; joint surgery
regulator gene; regulatory gene
boiled and half-dried bonito
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
folk song sung to shamisen accompaniment
seasonal labor; seasonal labour
noun clause; nominal clause
style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances
working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression)
the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948)
boiled and half-dried bonito
dried, smoked mackerel; shavings from dried, smoked mackerel
Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (January 7); one of the 5 seasonal festivals
artificial hip; hip prosthesis
Xenarthra (superorder comprising anteaters, tree sloths, and armadillos)
walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect
dried, smoked mackerel; shavings from dried, smoked mackerel
group paragraph conversion
articulated bus; bendy bus
coxarthrosis; osteoarthritis of the hip
Empress's Birthday (esp. as celebrated prior to WWII)
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
occasionally; at times; the season; from time to time
rheumatoid arthritis; arthritis rheumatica
the three grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday; pre-1927)
(musical) intonation marks
jointed appendage; arthropod leg
type of jōruri recitation
joint (between bones); backbone; spirit
Girl's Festival (March 3)
knot (nautical mile per hour)
control one's desires; abstinence
season's tidings; seasonal letter
boiled and half-dried bonito
lymphadenoma; lymph node enlargement; lymphadenopathy
carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
snoop; meddler; nosey parker; buttinsky; kibbitzer
Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (January 7); one of the 5 seasonal festivals
one-jointed bamboo musical instrument
the Double Tenth; October 10th Chinese national holiday
style of jōruri narrative performance
finely chopped round herring
finely chopped round herring
end-of-year settling of accounts
color control; colour control
coal (fuel) economizer; coal economiser
sumo performed at ancient Japanese imperial court
of the old feeling of naniwa-bushi; marked by the dual themes of obligation and compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads
Japanese ginseng (Panax japonicus)
chronic rheumatoid arthritis
chronic rheumatoid arthritis
congenital hip dislocation
miyako-bushi scale (characteristic Japanese hemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, fa, la, ti, do)
seasonal migration (of fish, etc.)
working-storage section (COBOL)
endpoint node; peripheral node
power conservation (facility)
section title; section name
attribute-value-assertion
biological response modifier
articulate (i.e. an arthropod or an annelid)
atrioventricular node; AV node
slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
sinus node; sinoatrial node
artificial hip replacement surgery
dried, smoked pilchard; shavings from dried, smoked pilchard
folk song from the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture (used as a Bon Festival dance song)
Condylarthra; extinct order of mammals
traditional festival in Kiryū City, Saitama
song in the style of the Heikyoku
segmented body plan; segmentation; metamerism
articular cavity; cavum articulare
seasonal (weather) phenomenon
orthostatic intolerance; orthostatic dysregulation; orthostatic disturbance
periarthritis scapulohumeralis; shoulder periarthritis; Duplay's disease
seasonal feast; New Year feast
seasonal feast; New Year feast
seasonal feast; New Year feast
religious purification on fast days by abstaining from meat; day for abstention from eating meat and devotion
kanji "seal" radical at right
Micadina phluctaenoides (species of stick insect)
black carpet beetle (Attagenus unicolor japonicus)